Securing means for saddle-pads.



T. I. MORRISH.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 28, 1909.

App1ication filed July 21, 1909. Serial No. 508,732.

To all whom tt may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS I. MoRRIsH, a citizen of the United States, residing at the city and county of San Francisco and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Securing Means for Saddle-Pads, ofwhich the following is a specification.

The invention relates to means for securing felt saddle pads to the skirt of the saddle, the object being to provide against slippage of the pads relative to the skirt of the saddle.

Ordinarily the saddle pads are attached to the skirts of the saddle by means of straps, which are connected at one end either directly to the pads or to the frame carrying the same, which straps are passed over the edges of the skirts and united by being buckled together. Exposure tov the sun, rain and Weather, quickly weakens the strap connections at the edges of the saddle skirts, causing the same to give under the strain placed thereon and permitting slippage of the saddle pads, if not the rupture of the connections at such points. The present in- Vention seeks to overcome and successfully overcomes such defect by extending from the saddle pads or the supporting frame therefor metallic members, which members are of a length suflicient to ovcrlie the edges of the saddle skirt and receive the strains placed thereon.

To comprehend the' invention, reference should be had to the accompanying sheet of drawings, wherein- Figure 1 is a perspective view illustrating a section of a saddle pad with the improved fastening means applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the pad and fastening means disclosed by F ig. 1 of the drawings. Fig. 3 is a similar view illustrating the pad attached to the saddle skirt.

In the drawings, the numeral 1 is used to designate one of the saddle pads, which, in the present case, is illustrated as having attached thereto the outer metallic frame pieces 24-3, arranged near the outer edge portions of the pads 1. For the purpose of the present invention, the metallic frame pieces may be treated as a portion of the saddle pad.

To the saddle pad, adjacent the bottom side edge portions, the flexible metallic tongues 1l-5 are hinged, the tongue 4 carrying at its outer end a buckle 6, and to the outer end of the tongue 5 being attached the securing strap 7. The fleXible metallic tongues and uniting members 6-7 serve as the means for attaching the saddle pad to the skirts 8 of the saddle.

The saddle skirts 8 rest against the outer face of the pad 1 and betwen the flexible metallic tongues 4-5, and the said skirt .is attached to its pad by uniting the strap 7 to the buckle 6, which, when drawn inward its full distance, holds the tongues 4-5 securely down onto and over the side edges 9 of the skirt 8, the fiexibility of the metal comprising the tongues permitting of the same being bent to conform to the edges of the skirt. VVhen the pad is thus Secured to the saddle skirt, all strains fall onto the metallic tongues L1 5, which are not weakened to any material degree by eXposure to the sun, rain, or atmosphere during use of the harness saddle, in fact the union joint thus made will materially outlive the life of the pads. The connection described holds the saddle pad securely to the skirt of the saddle and prevents the slippage thereof.

By the use of the described securing means, the annoyance of having to replace the strap Connections at present employed for this purpose is provided against, besides obtaining a better and firmer union between the parts than possible by the strap connection.

Having thus described the invention what is claimed as new and desired to be protected by Letters Patent is l. The combination with a saddle pad, of flexible metallic tongues Secured to the edge portions thereof adjacent the bottom thereof, a buckle carried by one tongue, and a strap united to the opposite tongue, said strap connection with the buckle to unite the metallic tongues and hold the same to the edges of a saddle skirt.

2. A connection for uniting a saddle pad to the skirt of a saddle, the same comprising two flexible metallic tongues, a buckle carried by one of said tongues and a, strap secured to the opposite tongue, the said strap 5 being designed to interlock With the buckle to unite the flexible metallic tongues.

In testimony Whereof I have signed my THOMAS I. MORRISH.

Witnesses:

N. A. ACKER, D. B. RIoHARDs. 

